Coal-chute.



J. M. DODGE.

COAL CHUTE.

APPLICATION FILED sBPT.25,1912.

J. M. DGDGB. GOAL CHUTE. APPLICATION FILED SEPT.25.191Z.

Patented J an. 26, 1915 4 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

J. M. DODGE,

GOAL CHUTE. APPLICATION ILBD SBPT.25,1912,

Patented Jau. 26, l95.

4 SHEETSSHEBT 3,

J. M. DODGE. GOAL CHUTE. APPLICATION FILED SMT. z5, 1912.

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implication llcd September 25, 1912. Serial No. 722,278.

'o all 'whom t may concern.:

Be it known that l, JAMES lbf. Doesn, a citizen of the United States, residing in Philadelphia, Pennsylvanie, have invented certain lmprwementsV in oaliiutes, of

which the ollowingis a specihcation.

@ne object of my invention is to construct a chute for handling chal, andi like fragile material, in such a manner that. the iiowo the coal through the chute can be regulated to prevent any unnecessary breakage of: the lumps.

A further obgect of my invention 1s to 'provide a chute of thetype having a swing ing dependmgsection and means orregu'- le ting .the 'iow of coal therethrough.

A still further objeet. of the inventionis to so construct theV dependingsection that it can he turned up ssthe pile or", coal inf creases in height.

1n the accompanying draWings:-l4`igure l., is a perspective `View`illustrating.my' improved-chute in. position to receivecoal and to deliver itinto the holdof a vessel; Fig.. 2, is a side view. of the* chute; Figi 3, is anlend view; Fig.. 4, is. a plan View of the pivoted chute with the. top removed, showing the deiiectorsgilig. 5, is alongitudinal sectional view on'theline 5-51, Fig. 49mg. il, is i side view in elevation of two sections of the depending portion' of the chutepFig. 7, is a face View of Fig. 6; 8, is aperspective view of one of the deectors illustrated in Fig., 7,-; 'and Fig. 9, is adiagramvview llusf trating'the travel of the coal through one portion of the chute.

Referring to the drawings, 1,is astructure to which the chuteis hung, in the present instance. This structure' is located, as illustrated in. Fig; 1, on a Wharf, and under the i'loor 2 is a hopper B-into Whichcoal isdischarged from a car. j I fr illustrates ayvessel or barge having a hatchway into which the chute, extendsso as to discharge the. coal from thev hopper y into the hold 'oi thevessel is a chute pivoted at 7, andthe chute can he raised or loweredon thepivotv hy means of the, hoistingdrum connected loy a rope il to a'yole 10 attached to thef outer end of he chem. 4The chute may he raisedV or ,lowered bodily, if necesssry, but, in the pireseut instann, thev rear` inner end is hun@y from chains 11, The means for suspendin,

v l they chute and .for1 raising and loweringv it may be modified Without departing from the essential features of the invention.

Rivoted at 12 at the outer end of the chute 6 v1sy a depending chute 13 made of a series of element 14 connected together' by pivots l5. `This construction enables the depending section to loe shortened by turning up the lowerV element and, as the depending portions are shortened, these elements may be turned up to ride over the portions 6 of the chute, as illustrated in dotted lines, Fig. 2.. The elements are raisedby a rope 16, which may be operatedfrom the fioor 2 or from a platform 17 secured to one side of the chute near the point Where the depending portion is hung to the inclined portion G.

The chute 6 preferably has a cover 18 slotted throughout its length, as shown, and on this cover are rails for carrying the 'upturned sections 14 oi' the depending portion When they are turnedover onto 'the chute, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3. rlhe loiigg'itudin nal slot allows for the inspection of the interior of` the chute., so that an operator standing on the platform 17 can see that the coal is properly fed through the chute.

2O is a series ofv deectors pvoted to the side off the main chute at 19. The deflectors alternate first on one side and then on the other, as clearly shown in Fig. si. Secured to the lower end of the pivot pins 19 for the delectors 20 are arms 21, `which extend under .the chute and are attached to a longitudinal operating chain or rope 22.*whioh passes around pulleys 23, 2li and can be moved longitudinally by the handlever attached to a shaft having a Wheel around which passes the chain 22. The shaft may. he turned by hand or b v power, desired.

By moving the chain in one direction longitudinally the space between the deflectors isvaried so as to increase the deflection of the body of coai passingthrough the chute. By moving they delectors in the opposite direction the spnce for the 'free flow ci' coal isincreased. Thus the flow of coal is properly regulated and controlled., and disintegration of the lumps is prevented to an appreciable degree. By this construction the operator can regulate the flow of coal the depending portion 13. nths-case there @und ms?.

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q. oombintion Vin ai'chute for coul n testimony whereof, have signed my mnnaogous material'yof a' depending p0rname to this specification, in the presence 15 @on oonsisting of a, series of plvotally conof two subscribing witnesses. noci-@i eoments; Vdeflocftors in sadid'elements; JAMES M. EODGE. nlm-.ns for Simultaneously adjusting the said Witnesses:

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ns for lifting the lowermost element out WM. A. BARR. 

